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April 13, 2011

Top in ICT in Sub-Saharan Africa -Mauritius, South Africa and ...The Gambia?

Sub-Saharan Africa did very poorly on the latest World Economic Forum’s Networked Readiness Index (NRI) with the majority of the region lagging in the bottom half of the 138 countries being ranked in the report. Exceptions were Mauritius (which ranks 47th) and South Africa (which ranks 61st).
Burundi (137th) and Chad (138th) were the worst ranked of all countries on the list.
Rwanda, which probably would have fared pretty well within Sub-Saharan Africa, was not ranked. This is rather strange since Rwanda’s ICT efforts are mentioned in the report. Moreover, Rwanda’s government has set the country on a fast-lane to technology growth.
The ranking holds some surprises. The Gambia and Senegal rank higher than Kenya even though Kenya did rise 9 places since the 2010 report. Hmmm. How much did The Gambian and Senegalese governments pay? :)
Here are the rankings of Sub-Saharan African countries

Country

Rank

Notable Improvement

Mauritius

47

South Africa

61

Gambia

76

Senegal

80

Kenya

81

up 9 spots since 2010

Namibia

82

up 7 spots since 2010

Cape Verde

84

Botswana

91

Ghana

99

Zambia

102

Nigeria

104

Malawi

105

up 14 since 2010

Mozambique

106

up 10 since 2010

Uganda

107

up 8 since 2010

Côte d’Ivoire

113

Benin

114

Tanzania

118

Mali

120

Lesotho

121

Burkina Faso

122

Ethiopia

123

Cameroon

125

Mauritania

130

Zimbabwe

132

Angola

133

Swaziland

134

Burundi

137

Chad

138

The full report is available of the World Economic Forum website for download (pdf)

Juts to comment on what say on Rwanda. As a Norwegian (an European) Rwanda is a no go, almost like Congo. No diplomatic connection either. Human rights organisations are not too happy about Rwanda either, so there might be several reasons why Rwanda is not mentioned. Also, Rwanda has refused to provide statistics for international organisations.

Actually this is quite consistent with the latest World Bank's "Best and Worst countries to do business" report. Just like you mentioned, Gambia and Senegal rankings are rather strange so is Swaziland's one as the World Bank ranked it 13th among the Sub-Saharian countries.Thanks for your good job with your blog, always a pleasure to read it. Go on! :)Damien

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What is it really like to be an African Entrepreneur?A few years ago, I founded a technology company in the US that turned into one of those "American Dream" stories. Wanting to replicate my success in Africa, I opened a subsidiary in my native land. My American Dream soon turned into an African Nightmare. Now, it is neither dream nor nightmare; just reality.

I could be any entrepreneur and this could be almost any African country. Both will remain anonymous.